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subtus praesertim ad nervos puberulis, spicis ad apicem ramu- 

 lorum abbreviatorum quam folia multoties breviorum sitis pau- 

 cifloris pubescentibus, bracteis parvulis lineari-lanceolatis lan- 

 ceolatisve sursum attenuatis extus puberulis bracteolas lineari- 

 oblongas obtusas leviter excedentibus, floribus pro rata parvulis 

 breviter pedicellatis, calycis minute pubeseentis lobis lanceolatis 

 acutis, corollae tubo calycem longe excedente sursum leviter am- 

 pliato extus minute pubescente palato intruso labio antico fere ad 

 § lobato lobis lateralibus oblongis obtusis lobo intermedio ovato- 

 oblongo obtusissimo labio postico breviter bilobo lobis ovatis 

 obtusis, staminibus exsertis antherarum loculis subaequialtis in- 

 feriore in calcar breve obtusum exeunte, ovario ovoideo-oblongo 

 minute pubescente, capsula sat longa inferne columnari superne 

 expansa pubescente abortu 2-sperma. 



Hab. Mouth of Mizizi River, Lake Albert ; Bagshawe, 1332. 



Foliorum limbus 13-0-15-0 cm. long., 6*5-7*5 cm. lat. ; costie 

 secundaria^ utrinque 5-6, ascendenti-arcuatas ; petioli 3-5 -5*0 cm. 

 long. SpiciB florentes 1*5-3*0 cm. long. Bractese 0*3 cm. long., 

 bracteolse 0*2 -0*25 cm. Calyx 0*25 cm. long., hujus lobi 0*2 cm. 

 Corollae tubus 0*7 cm. long., basi 0*25 cm., faucibus 0*5 cm. diam. ; 

 labium anticum 0*6 cm. long., hujus lobi laterales 0*4 cm., lobus 

 intermedius 0*32 cm. long.; labium posticum late ovatum 0*75 cm. 

 long., lobi 0*15 cm. long. Antherye circa 015 cm. long. Discus fere 

 01 cm. alt. Ovarium 0*15 cm., stylus 115 cm. long., hie basi pube- 

 rulus. Capsula apice mucronata, 2*0 cm. long, (pars expansa 0*9 cm.). 

 Semina sicca anguste ovoidea, dense scrobiculata, circa 0*25 cm. long. 



A remarkable species, the flowers being rather those of an 

 Adkatoda as that genus is understood by Bentham and Clarke, 

 only greatly reduced. The pollen is normal. I know nothing 

 likely to be mistaken for this. 



Dr. Bagshawe describes the flowers as "dusky yellow-red." 

 He also notes that the flowering branches are mostly leafless, 

 which is the case with two of the three specimens he sends. 



(To be continued.) 



ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS. 



By A. R. Hob wood. 



A communication by Mr. W. Bell, read before this Section, 

 on the flowering plants indigenous to Charnwood Forest that 

 have apparently become extinct within the last century, includes 

 so lucid and exhaustive a topographical and historical description 

 of this area that it is quite unnecessary to show what changes 

 have taken place in the disforestation or alteration of this inter- 

 esting region. It is sufficient to remark that in cryptogams, as in 

 phasnogams, Charnwood possesses a characteristic flora of its 

 own, certain species being confined to that region and not occurring 

 elsewhere within v.-c. 55. 



* Read before Section Kof the British Association, Leicester, August, 1907. 



